Now Production developed the Bakugan Battle Brawlers games, which Activision published in North America. However, in Japan they are also a publisher of language training software for the Nintendo DS, Practical Intelligence Quotient series, and the PSP horror game Higan Island.

The most detailed of these games was Bonk: Brink of Extinction. Hudson brought a playable build to several tradeshows including E3 and Comic-Con 2010. We spoke with the developer Pi Studios about Bonk’s 2.5 debut and you can read that interview here.

No bonk = >:( Also Bomberman 3DS you were so young and had such a bright future ahead of you. Bummer I really wanted it when it came out.*sigh* That’s just how it is. Nothing I can do I guess. *gets on both of his knees and begs* Please don’t kill Bonk off again I just started to play his game like three years ago an love it. Please don’t kill it the series felt like it was on the verge of a revival. Also please deliver on a 3D Bomberman some time in the near future. I was really looking forward to it.
:( Sad even though I knew nothing about RPG 1 and 2 but the Wii really DID need some more RPG’s.

HarryHodd

Konami had 2 Wii RPGs? Sword of Vermillion? Probably good they cancelled them before they bombed.

Really sucks all these games were cancelled though.

maxchain

You’re kidding me! Not only did they can the first Bomberman in years that wasn’t just the same old Battle Mode, but there was another one (which may or may not have been that very thing) in the works for the PS3? I think I’m gonna be sick.

I own the first two games on the PlayStation. Suikoden 2 was one of the best RPG’s on that console. Suikoden 3 was such a let down though, more so because I was angry that it wasn’t released in the UK and years after, when I finally get the chance to play it, I realise I needn’t have made a fuss about it.

Well, considering the recent Japanese sales of Wii RPG’s, it’s completely understandable. If Last Story and a Tales game couldn’t sell, then nothing else will. Hopefully, if there was any actual progress on the games, they didn’t just stop production completely and moved them up to the HD systems. I just hope the PS3 RPG that got canceled wasn’t a Suikoden sequel.

I feel bad, though, for the Bomberman and Bonk fans. Was never into either of those two series, myself, but I know they had their fans.

Well nothing will stop some third party companies from releasing shoveware that’s for sure. But you saying that Konami, Square Enix, Capcom, Treasure, etc are studios that would not be able to contribute anything?

Tokyo Guy

You know, as someone who owned the original Turbo Grafx-16, and remembers the Bonk series more than almost any other game series from my childhood. It it infuriating to see Hudson cancel the new games. And the potential of Bomberman 3D, thinking back to the N64 installments…

Why even bother starting to develop something if you’re not going to actually finish it? And these companies wonder why they don’t have enough income…maybe it’s because they cancel any potential source of it. Square, Konami, Hudson…

Quite frankly Hudson might as well go bankrupt and close for all I care now.

I don’t think it was “Hudson” that canceled them. Since Konami has a controlling stake, they’re a mobile phone developer now and the US office, which led Bonk: Brink of Extinction, and a number of other IP revivals is closing this month.

Tokyo Guy

I have been under the impression that Nintendo basically had control of Hudson, given that seemingly every Hudson game made was for a Nintendo console.

What a sad situation though; to think that in the late 80’s and up to the late 90’s, the PC Engine was quite successful, in Japan at least, and as such Hudson and NEC were really doing quite well.

I guess this more-or-less means the Bonk series is finished, all the more likely given that no one cared about it. I’m still horribly disappointed that Hudson was foolish enough to cancel the PC Genjin RPG way back around ’94-95…Though it is funny that when push came to shove, it was Bonk that was given more priority, not PC Genjin. Bonk 3 CD for example, or these revival games…

Tom_Phoenix

I wonder if there is any chance that Konami will resurrect some of these projects at a later date. It certainly wouldn’t hurt to consider it, particularly for Bomberman.

Ahh, I was really looking forward to Bonk: Brink of Extinction, infact it was Siliconera that put it on my radar :(

DarkWaterClone

I am sorry but I absolutely Hate Konami for this. I don’t get the reason for buying a new company if you have no plan to utilize them. I thought the reason Konami said they would buy Hudson was because they wanted to have other IPs other then Metal Gear Solid. So to me this is a bad move.

I have been really looking to Bonk: Brink of Extinction. But now I will never get a chance to play it. I guess with these games getting canceled I won’t be seeing ever a new Adventure Island or Bloody Roar too. So I am really disappointed with this news.

Because when you see Konami has a great series with Goemon (Legend of the Mystical Ninja) & just does nothing with it you just know they will do nothing with these IPs too. So that to me is just sad. I just hope Konami changes their minds & revives these games even if they are a new version of Classic Hudson games. Because it would be a shame to let good IPs go to waste.

The last time I saw Bonk it was fairly far along. There were a couple of stages to play, but I remember Bonk’s jump was sort of float-y. We contacted Pi Studios to see if we can find out more about this, but have not heard back yet.

This news post should be updated (or a new one should be made). Apparently, Konami said that if an announcement isn’t from them, then it is not true. Which means that none of the Hudson games have officially been cancelled yet.